UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon said UBC’s endowment fund “does not directly own any stocks in the companies identified by the movement.” Companies identified as complicit in Palestinian human rights violations account for about 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund, according to Bacon.
Students have continued to rally for increases in funding from protesting to creating their own initiatives and through AMS advocacy — with student politicians securing substantial funding for the food bank this year and continuing work on an agreement with UBC for permanent funding.
Clyde McLuen Griffith, a pioneer in recreation and community development and a talented musician, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a counter-protest in support of Israel assembled around the Palestinian solidarity encampment's perimeters on MacInnes Field.
How do you define something that means so many different things to so many different people?
The Ubyssey spent a day on MacInnes Field to learn about community members' motivations for attending the encampment.
This April 12 saw the Chan Centre play host to Thrive Refuge’s Concert for Peace, featuring a performance by Ukrainian pianist and UBC music student Sasha Luchkov as the main event, with opening performances from pianists Ray Zhang and Ryan Hong.
The line for Rhiannon Giddens’ sold-out performance at the Chan Centre was by far the longest the venue has seen this season.
It’s a brand new year! And you know what that means: New year's resolutions! Self-improvement! Wait. Hold on. It’s already May?
On April 25, AMS Council met to rescind its investigation into the UBC Social Justice Centre (SJC) and pass its updated respectful workplace (PC1) and sexualized violence (PC2) policies.
Organizers' demands include divesting from companies complicit in Palestinian human rights abuses, boycotting Israeli universities and institutions and publicly condemning what organizers call a genocide in Gaza.
The NAIA is masking its transphobia as fairness. Trans women are not trying to take away wins from cisgender women. They are simply competing in sports as who they are.
In 2022, researchers found a 29.6 per cent increase in colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in 20-34 year olds from 2001 to 2011, projecting a 42.8 per cent increase by 2030.
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As the 2024 NFL Draft draws nearer, the dream of playing professional football becomes more of a reality for teammates Theo Benedet and Giovanni Manu.